Shade and curtain hanger.



J. N. PARRAHM.

\ SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER. APPLIOATIONVIILED NOV. 1, 1912.

1 07 1 2 Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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JAMES N. PARRAHM, OF DENVER, GGLORADO, ASSIGNGR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN MGKINSTRY, 0F DENVER, COLORADO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. A

Application filed November 1, 1912. Ser'ia1 No. 728,983.

Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shade and ourt ain hangers for windows and its' object resides in the provision of a simple device which is constructed tobe secured'to the upright members of a window casing by clamping engagement with the edges thereof and which when applied in a pair at the upper end of the casing is capable of supporting both a curtain pole and a shade roller in their proper positions with'relation to the window. a

With the above object in view my invention comprises a clamping element which is adjustable'to adapt it for use on window casings of different widths and a reversible bracket which is constructed to support the ends of the shade roller and a curtain pole at either side of the window and which is adjustably connected with the clamping element to allow regulation of the distance between the two brackets of a pair of the devices after they have been applied to the casing, to correspond with the width of the shade and the curtain to be suspended therefrom. I

An embodiment of my invention has been shown in the accompanying drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which, 1

Figure 1 represents the upper portion of a window casin with a pair of my improved hangers in their operative position together with a shade roller and a curtain pole which are suspended from the brackets included in their construction. Fig. 2, a transverse section through one of the up right members of a window casing show ing a top view of one of the hangers as applied thereto, and the end portions of a curtain pole and a shade roller which are sup ported on the pair of hangers-as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, a longitudinal section through one of the hangers. Fig. 4, an enlarged section taken along the' line H, Fig. 3. Fig. 5, a face view of the hanger,'looking in the direction of the arrow a, Fig. 3. Fig. 6, a rear viewfof the hanger, looking in the direction of ,the arrow 0,Fig. 3, and Fig. 7,-a face-view of the clamping element comprised in the invention in the position shown in Fig, 5, with the bracket element a,

removed.

Referring. more specifically to the 'draw-,

ings, thereference characters A designate the upright membersofawindofw casing, B the hangers which, as shown in Fig. '1, are

applied in a pair at the upper portions thereof, and O andD respectively, the shade rollerand the curtain pole whlch are sup Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

ported on-t-he hangers. Each of. the hang;

ers comprised in the pair is composed of a clamping element'and a therewith adjustably connected bracket element from which the curtain pole and the shade roller are suspended, and bothlhangers of the pair are of similar construction with the exception that in one, theposition of the bracket on the clamping element is reversed with relation to the relative positions of the corresponding parts on the other.

The clamping element consists of two members 5 and 6 which are composed of plates of equal and uniform width and which at one of their ends are bent at right- -angles to provide the jaws 7 and 8 which by engagement with the edges of the upright members of the window casing, secure the hangers thereto. The jaw? on the memher 6 has a pair of inturned prongs 9 which enter into the wood at the edge of the easingto more firmly securethe hanger thereto, and the jaw 8 of the member 5 is provided with a threaded aperture for the reception of a set-screw 10 which engages the upright member A at its opposite edge. The two members of the clamp are adjustable to any one of a number of positions to adapt it for use on casings of different widths and with this end in view, the member 6 is provided with-a number of longitudinal slots 11 of equal length and the other member 5 has at its end, opposite to the jaw 8, a transverse bar 12 which is integrally connected therewith by means of a short, centrally disposed neck 13. When. the members of the clamp are in their cooperative positions, the plates of which they are composed overlap one another in longi tudinalalinementand the neck 13 at the end ofthe one extends loosely through one of the slots 11 in the other. The two members are held in their. relative positions by means'of a band 1 1 composedofa strip the ends of which are bent inwardly'to embrace thelongitudinal edges of the plates oi -the two members as well as those of the corresponding partof, the. bracket element, vaswill hereinafter be more. fully described,

and the inner member 6 has inits longitudinal edges, opposite notches which are adapted: to provide passages fore the bent a ends got the band-:14, when. the members are being- .=di s connected or ass'embled; I

Thebracket element consists Lof-xa longitudinally slotted plate16 which in width 5001'? responds-with the plates of the llam p mem= bers and which atone of its ends is bentat right angles to providef the support 117 mm whiclr'th'e curtain:- pole and the shade holder ,aregsuspend'ed: The support 17- has at its extremity two reversely curved', resilient arm's'18 which are adapted to receive the curtain pole between them, their: resilience allowing their adjustment to accommodate polespf diiierentdiametert The support 17 is further provided at opposite .pointsin its upper and lower edges, with reversel y slanting not'ches 19 which at their inner ends have-circular enlargements to, adaptthem for the; r-eceptionof either theflat or the round endgof the spindle 'which" forms part of a spring-actuated;shade roller.- It will be understood that the object of 1 providing two-notches at opposite points in the edges of the bracket is to'render'the lattervsuitable forj use ateither side of thefwindow casing.

The slot 20 in the body {portion of the bracket is'ofa width adapted to receive the neck- 13 011 the'member 5 o f'the clamping element, the length: oiithe said neck-being siich as to admit the said body portion as wellas the plateof the slotted clamp mem plates to maintain them in their relative positi'on's; When the parts are thus assembled, the bracket element 'may moved =longit u dinally to any desired-posit-ion within the limits determined :bythe engagement of the ends or its slot-with-the neck, and the distance between the'supporting parts were brackets on the two hangers of thepair-may thus be regulated inaccord ance with: the

I widths ofthe shade andthe'ciirtainto be suspended'therefrom; To adjustthe distancebetween the jaws of the clamping element, the two members of which it is composed are disconnected by sliding the band until its ends register with the notches 15 in the member. 5 and then turning the latter through a quadrant arc to allow the bar 12 to pass through the slot of the member 6 through whichi its neck was inserted. lhe members are subsequently reassembled by passing; the bar through another one ofthe slots in the member 6 and turnlng the member of 'i vh-ich it forms part to its normal position 1n alinement wlth the other member and with its notchesin register,with theflin turned ends of the. band ;which subsequently ismovedito apoint remotefrom said notches to maintain v the members in their adjusted position.

The f bracket element..- is applied to the I clamping; element by, inserting the, ba r .12

through its slot 20, turning thesame through a quadrantx arc until it, is al1nedw1th, the

plates ofthe, clamp-members, andihen slide ing its end into the band-14.:

Having thus described my; inventiolmvlm Ii claim and 1' desire to..secure by Letters: Patent; is :1

1. A; hanger ofithe class, described ,com; prising anelement adaptedlto be rigidl-yattachedu'toja windowwas'ing, and" a bracket adapted for. the support; of curtain-pole and a shade-roller, reversibly securednpon thesaid selementi hanger Ofz'tl'lG.C13SS describedcomr prisinga clamping element; andabragket secured thereto, the said element being composed of two lapping,longitudinallyalined, plates bent at theironter ends to provide opposite jaws, one of 'saidiplates havingia longitudinal .slot and the other plate having atits innerend, a transverse, bar connected therewith by a neck? which i is 1 adapted .ito be insertedthrough said slot, andat. band-embracing said aplates, and-composed 10f :astrip whose ends are bent: inwardly, one of said plates having notchesufor; thehpassage of said ends.

- 3.- A: hanger of theuclass describedzcomprising a clamping element composedof itwo lapping, longitudinally alinedeplates bent at their outercends to provide; oppositej aws, one of said plates having a. longitudinal slot, and :the other plate havinglatits inner end, a transverse bar integrally connected therewith by a neck whiclris adapted tohbe inserted through said slot, a bracket dncln ding a slotted L plate disposed 2 between i said bar and the outer isurface of theslotted plate of said-element, and a-band embracing the plates of the said element: and= ofthehsaid bracket;

4. A hanger of 'the class described :comprising anelement adaptedto be rigidly. at; tached to a window casingQand abracket connected with said element and :composed of body portion and an end-portion bent at an angle thereto and having at its end, to receive a curtain pole between them, and two reversely curved, resilient arms adapted in its upper edge, a slot to receive an end of to receive a curtain pole between them. the spindle of a curtain roller.

5. A hanger of the class described com- In testimony whereof I have affixed my 5 prising an element adapted to be rigidly atsignature in presence of two witnesses.

tached to a window casing, and a bracket connected with said element and composed V 7 JAMES PARRAHM' of a body portion and an end-portion bent Witnesses: at an angle thereto and having at its end, G. J. ROLLANDET,

10 two reversely curved, resilient arms adapted L. RHOADES.

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